Brooklyn—Change Happens

How did Brooklyn become Brooklyn? We'll get a brief and whimsical history of the storied borough from New York's first family of tour guides.

How did Brooklyn become Brooklyn? We'll get a brief and whimsical history of the storied borough from New York's first family of tour guides, The Levys.

Brooklyn is wrestling with converting the Atlantic Yards and tearing down old neighborhoods to make way for a basketball arena and commercial development. Sound familiar? One of the stories covered in Brooklyn—Change Happens.

It’s a small world: Brooklyn is one of the most culturally, and ethnically diverse areas in the world. We’ll go from Russia, to Pakistan, to Ethiopia, dropping in on three community gathering spots for three distinctly different cultures, all while staying in Brooklyn.